Negligible Risk: Premeditated Murder?

Holly Martins (is on a Ferris wheel, asking Harry Lime about the people he has killed by selling diluted penicillin on the black market): “Have you ever seen any of your victims?” Harry Lime: “Victims? Don’t be melodramatic! Look down there! [pointing to people in an amusement park far below]. Would you really feel any … Read more

Where Two or More Are Gathered, by Eric Francis

“Only puny secrets need protecting. Big secrets are protected by public incredulity.” — Marshall McLuhan Dear Friend and Reader: I’ve been seeing and hearing the term “conspiracy theorist” flying around, and in tonight’s letter I want to offer a few thoughts about this. The term has been coming up in the context of those who … Read more

The Private Idaho Virus by Eric Francis

  For many, this scenario brings up their most personal worst fears: of martial law and dictatorship, of mandatory, improperly tested vaccines, of poverty, of a financial collapse, of corporate greed, of government incompetence, of food running out. Of the creepy 5G satellite system we’re told will soon blanket the globe and every street. Keep … Read more

The Invention of PCR — by Kary Mullis

  The concept was not out of the question because in fact one of the natural functions of DNA molecules is to reproduce themselves. They do it every time a cell divides into two daughter cells. A short piece of synthetic DNA could be treated in such a way that it would stick to a … Read more

Suggestions for Keeping Things Together in a Crisis

By ERIC FRANCIS | Planet Waves Here are some thoughts I’ve gathered from having dealt with crises in the past, and having spent time considering plans with others. We are essentially in a civil defense emergency. I will add one additional thought up top. In any crisis, whether personal or community, I have found it … Read more